WOMAN'S WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 26, 25 July 1911, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD

(Conducted by " Bileem "). HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS, PAST AND PRESENT. The annual rounders match between the past and present girls of the New Plymouth High School was played at the schoolground on Saturday, in the presence of quite a large gathering of the old pupils. The "old girls" provided an enjoyable afternoon tea. Mr. Pridham acted as referee, and Miss Drew took the scores. The Old Girls won by 122 points to 80. The teams were: Present pupils: Misses Winnie Spence, Elsie Greatbatch, Laurie Mills, Margie Corkill, Veitha Wa-llach, Jessie Mclssac, Irene Thomson, Hilda 110110, Gwen Rawlinson, Ida O'Brien, Florence Winfield, Isabel Cray. Old girls: Mrs. L. B. Webster, Misses May Arthur, Ruby Clarke, Sybil Thomson, Ernestine Howell, Elma WalJach, Mildred Thomson, Dorothy Simpson, Elsie Andrews and Muriitf Kirton. The scores were made by Mrs. Webster, Misses Clarke, Arthur, M. and S. Thomson and Elsie Andrews for the winners, and by Misses Margie Corkill, Irene Thomson, Mills and K. Wallach for the losers.

A LETTER FROM STRATFORD. The Foresters' Hall presented a charming sight on Friday evening, the occasion being the children's plain and fancy dress ball, and the ladies' committee, with Miss Nancy .Tames as secretary, arc to be congratulated on the completeness of the arrangements. A prettier sight than the daintily clad maidens and smartly dressed boys one could not wish to see, and it was particularly pleasing to witness the parents and friends of the children dancing with one and all doing their utmost to give the little ones a real good time. Judging by appearances, the children took every advantage of the opportunity afforded tliem. Mrs. Oarbery has, for eight years in succession, given her grand-daughters a plain and fancy dress ball, but Mrs. Carberv. accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. Uniacke, left for Ireland in May last, and so was much missed at Friday night's function, but, the children still had their ball. A number of energetic ladies formed them-1 selves into a committee, and the result was an unequalled success. A splendid supper was provided by the hostesses, and was done justice to by the children. The music was supplied by Mr. and Mrs. Penn, assisted by a number of the ladies present, while the floor left nothing to be desired. Among those present were:—Miss An-| drea Uniaeke, "Snow Queen," who was voted by one and all Queen of the night also, while a tiny tot of two summers, j Miss Massey, as "Fairy," came in for a good amount of attention. Other characters were:—Misses G. and M. Chenchen, "Maids of the 16t>h Century"; Zelda Hogg, "Mamade du Barry"; Meryl Skoglund, "Dutch Girl"; Maxine Skog-j lund, "Maiden all forlorn"; Miss Corlie Hunter, "Queen of Hearts"; Muriel! Young, "Flower Girl"; Hazel Mackay,] "Gipsy"; Erena Hunter, "Wicked j Fairy"; Kitty Grant, "Schoolgirl"; i Monau Porritt, "Juliet"; Lucy James, I "Snowdrop"; Kenneth Grant, "Scout"; Bobbie Hogg, "Indian Prince"; Duncan' I Young, "King of Hearts"; Jimmy Young.l [ "Boy Blue"; Bob Menzies, "Cricketer"; | Alex. Johnston, "Scout"; Theo Skoglund, "Partial Eclipse." j Miss Nancy Stubbs, frock of blue silkj muslin; Misses Joyce and B. Raikes, I frocks of Indian muslin, trimmed with j real lace and insertion; Misses Mamie I and Duchy Uniacke, frocks of pink crepe ! de chene, with touches of cream; Miss] Dorothy Mackay, gown of spotted net | over white silk, strappings of silk on! corsage; Miss M. Mackay, white em-1 broidered Indian muslin; Miss Curtis,! pale blue silk; Miss James, frock of white silk, pale pink roses on corsage; Miss Nancy James, pale pink silk, trimmed with Paris lace; Miss Jamea, blue; Miss Wake, smart gown of soft bluo silk; Miss Freda Wake, pretty gown of pink silk, trimmed on corsage with delicate shade of oriental embroidery; Miss Fussell, gown of cream, with touches of black on corsage; Miss! O'Brien, cream silk taffeta; Miss Harden, I dainty white embroidered gown; Airs. Carey, black silk, relieved with cream; Mrs. Hogg, smart gown of blue crepoline. trimmed with rich cream insertion and lace, and finished with strappings! of black ribbon velvet; Mrs. Raikes, black silk crepe de chene and old lace; Mrs. Johnston, orange brocade; Mrs. Porritt, gown of soft white silk; Mrs. Stubbs, handsome black silk taffeta, with, vest of cream; (Dr.) Menzies, cream; Mrs. Chcnehen, black crepoline, with crimson roses on corsage; Mrs. Rennell, white chiffon taffeta; Mrs. Twiss, cream; Mrs. Smith, permanent blue velvet; Mrs. Wake, black silk, with a smart cloak; Mrs. Hobbs, black silk, relieved with cream; Mrs. Young, cream and a handsome cloak; Mrs. Tyrer, smart gown of cream silk, trimmed with point lace; Mrs. Penn, black silk, with touches of cream; Mrs. Mossey, cream yown; Mrs. Umergan. handsome sequin robe over white glassy; Miss Stronach, pale blue silk; Miss Anderson, pale blue embroidered net over glossy underdress; Miss Lawrence, dainty white frock; Airs. Budd, pear! grey gown of mouseline de soie; Mrs. J. Mackay. black silk crepe de chene. with cream lace yoke finished with narrow ribbon velvet: Mrs. Cardale, gown of red cashmere de soie. trimmed with velvet of corresponding shade; Mrs. Birss, black silk taffeta, trimmed with cream inscr-. tion and black silk fringe. i Among the gentlemen were:—Messrs.l Raikes. Young (2), Barry, Fookes, Chenclien, Crawshaw, Skoglund, Cameron (2), Dr. Stevens, Wake," Hunter, Uniacke, Fussell. James. Twiss, Penn, Johnston, Mossey and many others.

" JOHN BULLESSES." 1 Mr. Yosliio Markino, whose contributions to the English Review (states the Observer) on "My Jdealled John Bullesses," have afforded both amusement and instruction to its readers, selects as subjects for his instalment to the May number of that periodical the Suffragettes. ITe is emphatically in favor of votes to women. At the outset he remarks:—"l start to write this

chapter, and I am holding iny pen at this very moment, but I feel I want to ttirow my pen down, for it seems to me the reason is too plain. Even the cats and dogs ought to know that much. . Wlmt else can I say, seeing such a strange phenomena that many well-edu-cated and most refined John Bullesses l with full sense in every respect cannot vote, only because they are women. And on the other hand, those Little Engenders, hardly worthy to be railed' humans, are voting because they are' men." Incidentally, Mr. Markino sheds sonie light on the treatment of Japanese women and their husbands. He remarks that Japanese "hearts are sometimes fairer to women than Westerners," and quotes Professor Nitobe for the statement that "American husbands kiss their wives in public and beat them in private; Japanese husbands beat theirs in public and kiss them in private." On I the courtesy shown women in England in serving them first and assisting them from carriages, he observes: "I must say this is a most beautiful national custom. But, from the physiological point of view, are the men really respecti ing the women ? Ido suspect. My suspicion shall never clear off as long as such savage customs are existing—l mean the under-payment or non-voting for women." He confesses that he cannot get away from his own national customs, and forgets to pick up a lady's handkerchief, sometimes intentionally. For, he says, "I hate to be tool oily to women. At least, lam too shy to flatter to women." For these characteristics he is content to be called a savage. Ha adds: "However, my respectness towards women (especially John Bullesses) is absolutely sincere." Touching on elections, he says that Great Britain (the fairest "player of cricket") there are many people "who are absolutely ignorant of the political matter," and the ways of .candidates in procuring votes are astonishing to him. They often buy votes with a glass of beer and sometimes by the means of telling lies. Hence he has got some disliking feeling toward the word "diplomatic." A historiI cal allusion to the parts played in history by certain women in the East is summed up in the phrase: "They acted | with a describable tyranny towards the nations and had super-luxurious and most wickedly infatuated lives. Hence in Japan or China we used to call woman 'Flower in face and dagger in hear,' 'Super-human Evil,' 'lncarnation of the Old Fox.'" Proceeding to a more intimate study of his John Bullesses, he remarks that they are good subjects for "novels, poetries, and pictures; but their innerside is very much matter-of-fact."

POISONED DRAUGHT FOR HER LOVER. The Calcutta correspondent of the Daily Mail writes:—Great excitement among Indians has been caused by the passing of a sentence of death at Amritsar, Punjaub, on the Suderni Bhagwan Kaur, commonly known as the Ranee Sahiba, for having caused the death of a Brahmin named Kahan Chaud by giving him arsenic in ' milk. The Ranee (whose rank is equivalent to that of a princess) is the widow of Sirdar Dyal Singh,, who was one of the most prominent men in the Punjaub. The murdered man had been the Ranee's lover, but she tired of him, and wanted to get rid of him. As he flatly declined to leave her she admitted him to her private apartments on the night of February 20, and gave him a draught of milk with arsenic in it. Two days later she had the body removed by some trusted servants. In passing judgment the judge said that it was difficult to conceive'a more cold-blooded murder, as the Raneq must have heard the groans of her discarded lover dying on the threshold of her apartments. "I therefore sentence her," proceeded the Judge, "to be hanged by the neck until she is dead." The Ranee has appealed to the Punjaub Chief Court. f

OFFENSIVE TO BRIDES MARRIAGE SERVICE TO BE AMENDED. London, July 14. The Lower House of the Convocation of the Church of England is considering ' the desirability of re-modelling the marriage service. I The Archdeacon of Leicester holds that certain phrases in the exhortation are offensive to (brides. He points out that they were composed during a coarse [epoch of the 16th century, and require amending to make them conform to wodern thought. Certain alterations in the text have been agreed to. ' "LESS LONELY LEAGUE." INTRODUCTION BY LABEL FOR BACHELORS. The Less Lonely League, organised by philanthropic New Yorkers for the amelioration of the lot of bachelors and spinsters, began its operations with a concert and dance (writes the New York correspondent of the London Daily Mail). The committee of four organisers, two men and twp women, received the guests at the entrance of a large, hall, tagged each with a label inscribed with his or her name, to make introductions unnecessary, and directed them to be sociable.

The first gathering was hardly as successful as its promoters had hoped, because ninety women and only twelve men appeared to be made "less lonely" in a hall which would hold 500 people. Conversation was mostly about the weather uutil towards midnight, when the company thawed somewhat. The organisers, however, are not discouraged. Mrs. Taylor, who promoted the league, after noting many letters in the newspapers from lonely men and women, told me that the beginning could hardly be expected to be a great success. The league was going oil, and she had already interested Mr. Carnegie, and hoped in time to form a "Less Lonely Community," where the lot of the American bachelor and spinster would be so happy that they would be unwilling to change it.